Both the Sekondi and Takoradi police have mounted intensive search for the pastor and leader of Word and Action Pentecostal Int. Church at Asorko Asaman, near Sekondi, Rev. Emmanuel Larbi Danquah for allegedly defrauding a number of people to the tune of almost 150 million cedis under the pretext of sending them to America.
His victims include people in the twin city and Wassa Akropong among others,
According to police sources, Rev. Larbi Danquah, who grew up at Bogoso in the Western Region, tricked his victims that he had composed a song entitled, "In God We Trust", which he claimed to have dedicated to the people of America.
The pastor is also alleged to have told his victims that he has been asked by the American government to bring along 30 people to come and launch the album in the US.
The prospective travellers thought they had got the opportunity and consequently paid various sums of money to the ‘man of God’ after he used fake documents to convince the people about the trip.
Having had the money, Rev Larbi Danquah who reportedly hails from Larteh Akuapem in the Eastern Region, started telling his victims stories.
This compelled some of them to realise that the pastor was up to something and consequently reported him to the police.
He was arrested and put before a court in Tarkwa, where he allegedly made part payment of 7 million cedis to the victim who caused his arrest. Another report by other victims caused his second arrest at Sekondi where he was put before court. Still, the remaining victims caused his arrest again at Takoradi, but he managed to convince three of his church members to bail him out of the ?20 million bail bond.
Unknown to the church members, the ‘man of God’ was up to something, he ran away immediately he was granted bail, thus dumping both the courts and police enquiry bails.
The three church members who were sighted in court last Monday have now been given the ultimatum to produce their pastor or face the full rigours of the law.
